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The Count's Millions
The Count's Millions

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Count's Millions is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Emile Gaboriau • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 21 of The Count's Millions by Emile Gaboriau holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 21 holds 174 sentences of The Count's Millions, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

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The magistrate looked searchingly at Mademoiselle Marguerite.
“Then those letters which we found just now in the escritoire are from your mother, mademoiselle?” he remarked.
The girl blushed.
She had previously been questioned respecting these letters, and she had then made no reply.
Now, she hesitated for a moment, and then quietly said: “Your opinion coincides with mine, monsieur.”
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The Count's Millions

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Count's Millions is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The magistrate looked searchingly at Mademoiselle Marguerite.
Line 2
“Then those letters which we found just now in the escritoire are from your mother, mademoiselle?” he remarked.
Line 3
The girl blushed.
Line 4
She had previously been questioned respecting these letters, and she had then made no reply.
Line 5
Now, she hesitated for a moment, and then quietly said: “Your opinion coincides with mine, monsieur.”
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are

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at

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been

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coincides

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escritoire

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for

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found

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from

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girl

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had

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he

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hesitated

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in

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just

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letters

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looked

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made

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Mademoiselle

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magistrate

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Marguerite

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mine

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moment

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monsieur

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mother

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no

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now

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opinion

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previously

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questioned

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quietly

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remarked

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reply

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respecting

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said

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searchingly

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She

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The

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Then

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these

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those

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we

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which

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with

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From this reading Now, she hesitated for a moment, and then quietly said: “Your opinion coincides with mine, monsieur.”

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your

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